February 24, 2003

Coming, ready or not ...

The US has launched a new site to prepare its citizens for terrorist attacks. Ready.gov (http://www.ready.gov/) explains how to make an emergency kit, how to decide a plan of action and has sections on potential kinds of threat, e.g. chemical, biological, nuclear blasts, radiation and explosions.

February 17, 2003

Fitting out a digital newsroom?

If you have to create a multimedia newsroom and aren't sure what to do, have a look at the Online Journalism Review article Gear for the Multimedia Newsroom at http://www.ojr.org/ojr/lasica/1039552387.php.
It describes phones, cameras, notebook computers, scanners, software and more.

Military news fix

Jane's, the defence, security and intelligence publisher, are now offering email alerts for free. These include Jane's News Briefs, a weekly headline and abstracts service that provides links through to live stories on janes.com, and Jane's Defence Weekly e-mail alerts, which appear as soon as new stories are posted to the Defence Weekly web site, handy if you need to keep on top of military and defence industry issues. Sign up for either or both at http://www2.janes.com/public/alerts.html, or just visit the main site at http://www.janes.com/, which has latest news.

February 14, 2003

The (parlous?) state we're in

Peter Mares has a think piece about the cost of going to war with Iraq at http://www.apo.org.au/webboard/items/00217.shtml. Mares, a broadcaster with ABC Radio National, spoke at a forum at the Perth International Writers Festival on 7 February.

February 12, 2003

Since war looks ever more likely ...

... you may as well be prepared. Reuters has a new site up for war correspondents. AlertNet at http://www.alertnet.org/ provides country data, info on relief operations and links to satellite images as well as news. As you'd expect, there is a link just for Iraq.

investigative journalism - RIP?

The Evatt Foundation is holding a public seminar on The Death of Investigative Journalism and Who Killed It? Speakers include Phillip Knightley and Four Corners reporter Chris Masters.Venue: Seymour Centre, Sydney
When: Saturday 15 February, 6pm to 7.30pm
More info can be found at
http://evatt.labor.net.au/events/10_20020309.html .

February 06, 2003

Changes in Academia - new report

DEST has just published a new report - 178 pages and available in PDF - on Changes in Academic Life: Implications for Universities of the Changing Age Distribution and Work Roles of Academic Life. There are sections on casual staffing, research and job satisfaction (or lack of it). You can get it at http://www.dest.gov.au/highered/otherpub/academic_work.pdf.

February 05, 2003

Back in business

My Web site, Guide to Internet information sources for Australian journalists (also known as OzGuide), has moved to its new permanent home. The new URL is http://journoz.com/. My Globalisation site has also moved - it's at http://journoz.com/global/. I will be migrating my Web log and adding other features soon. The site will continue to be free to users.

February 04, 2003

Down time

My Web site, Guide to Internet information sources for Australian journalists (also known as OzGuide, is currently down due to Web site reorganisation at its host. With luck, it will be back in a day or so. However, I will soon be moving the site so please always use this URL http://journoz.com/ to get to it - that way, when it does move, your link will still work. (The journoz.com link will get you to the old site until it moves too - provided it ever sees the light of day again, that is ...)